SYDNEY -- Claude Stanley Choules, the last known combat veteran of World War I, died Thursday at a nursing home in the Western Australia city of Perth, his family said. He was 110.
Beloved for his wry sense of humor and humble nature, the British-born Choules – nicknamed "Chuckles" by his comrades in the Australian Navy – never liked to fuss over his achievements, which included a 41-year military career and the publication of his first book at the age of 108
